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Summary: A soul-feed for the alphabetically anorectic
Review: "Movies in the Mind" by Colleen Mariah Rae is a writer's diuretic, a sugar fix for the didactically diabetic, a soul-feed for the alphabetically anorectic. If you are experiencing writer's block, haven't moved your vowels in days, are terrified to hang your gerunds or dangle your participles in public -- Digest this Book!Loaded with calories, cholesterol-free, "Movies in the Mind: How to Build a Short Story" will lift your spirits while providing anchoring techniques -- "Joy Writing", "Nightly Recap", "Active Incubation", and "Butt to Seat" are just a few entrees that make the $14.95 price of this book a veritable feast. "Take your mission statement and from it write your own manifesto" Rae invites, then, "Get out of your own way and let the knowings come." As a former student of Rae's and a long-time admirer of her books, articles, workshops, and creative journaling, I can guarantee you one thing, "Movies in the Mind" is not a spectator sport. You must join the workout, ignite the passion, feel the burn. What emerges will be your own creation, in firmer shape and form.
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Summary: A soul-feed for the alphabetically anorectic
Review: "Movies in the Mind" by Colleen Mariah Rae is a writer's diuretic, a sugar fix for the didactically diabetic, a soul-feed for the alphabetically anorectic. If you are experiencing writer's block, haven't moved your vowels in days, are terrified to hang your gerunds or dangle your participles in public -- Digest this Book! Loaded with calories, cholesterol-free, "Movies in the Mind: How to Build a Short Story" will lift your spirits while providing anchoring techniques -- "Joy Writing", "Nightly Recap", "Active Incubation", and "Butt to Seat" are just a few entrees that make the $14.95 price of this book a veritable feast. "Take your mission statement and from it write your own manifesto" Rae invites, then, "Get out of your own way and let the knowings come." As a former student of Rae's and a long-time admirer of her books, articles, workshops, and creative journaling, I can guarantee you one thing, "Movies in the Mind" is not a spectator sport. You must join the workout, ignite the passion, feel the burn. What emerges will be your own creation, in firmer shape and form.
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Summary: "Digging the clay" really works!
Review: "Movies in the Mind" has helped me understand more clearly and practically the process of going within, "digging the clay," as Ms. Rae so aptly calls the process of finding the story. Looking at the movies in my mind, then using method writing to capture what I see, hear, taste, touch, smell, and feel in those movies, develops the characters and uncovers the stories that want to be told. As Ms. Rae says in her first chapter, "this book is about getting out of your own way so that the storymaker inside of you can tell its stories." She accomplishes that goal wonderfully by drawing upon her teaching experience and creativity to offer reassuring encouragement, friendly guidance, and knowledgeable tips galore. In a word, "Movies in the Mind" is an eminently useful book for would-be fiction writers.
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Summary: If you're on the fence about buying this book, jump down!
Review: Before I finished the first chapter of this book, I saw a dramatic difference in my writing. If you want to learn how to connect with the mysterious well where all of our stories come from, if you want to understand what really grabs your reader and connects him/her with your story, read this book! It's not just for short story writers. It's for writers. Period. Look through Colleen Mariah Rae's eyes as you devour this book, and you'll see your creative world in a whole new light!
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Summary: If you're on the fence about buying this book, jump down!
Review: Colleen Mariah Rae is masterful at entertaining at the same time as educating. This book is extraordinarily helpful to any writer, aspiring or successful. Anyone should be able to write a well crafted piece after working with this book. Bravo, Colleen! Keep writing.
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Summary: Must have book for any aspiring writer
Review: Colleen Mariah Rae is masterful at entertaining at the same time as educating. This book is extraordinarily helpful to any writer, aspiring or successful. Anyone should be able to write a well crafted piece after working with this book. Bravo, Colleen! Keep writing.
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Summary: Great book on writing.
Review: Colleen Mariah Rae's book is a unique approach to learning the art of writing fiction. It's strictly an inside job, and Rae helps you find answers to your fiction writing problems within yourself. Her emphasis on imagery and detail is presented in a straight forward manner that sheds new light on the subject. But her advice on developing a trait continuum for your characters is help of the most valuable kind. I look forward to seeing more books from her in this series. John M. Whalen, Journalist/Freelance Writer
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Summary: Ice cold lemonade for writers wandering the Sahara.
Review: I am a writer and frequent buyer of writing books, and Colleen Rae's Movies in the Mind is a wonderful book for any writer to have on her bookshelf. Movies in the Mind will guide a writer through the creative process that leads to literature in a way that many how-to writing books seem to miss. Creating a story is compared to sculpting from clay, that is, to take an idea and carve away the excess then refine the detail until you end up with the final piece of art. Colleen Rae is an excellent writer as well, and her book reflects that. It is a pleasure to read, unlike some writing books that tend to read like a textbook. I buy many writing books, but only a few of them do I set aside as special books that I will turn to for help when I am stuck, and Movies is one of these. Theresa Foley
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Summary: An important addition to the writer's bookshelf
Review: I am a writer and frequent buyer of writing books, and Colleen Rae's Movies in the Mind is a wonderful book for any writer to have on her bookshelf. Movies in the Mind will guide a writer through the creative process that leads to literature in a way that many how-to writing books seem to miss. Creating a story is compared to sculpting from clay, that is, to take an idea and carve away the excess then refine the detail until you end up with the final piece of art. Colleen Rae is an excellent writer as well, and her book reflects that. It is a pleasure to read, unlike some writing books that tend to read like a textbook. I buy many writing books, but only a few of them do I set aside as special books that I will turn to for help when I am stuck, and Movies is one of these. Theresa Foley
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Summary: Ice cold lemonade for writers wandering the Sahara.
Review: Movies in the Mind is an amazing book for writers as well as readers interested in the craft of prose. Among the bejillions of bits of the book's practical advice, one gem that particularly sparkled was the concept of the image. That's what it's all about. And this book was like ice cold lemonade for writers wandering the Sahara. A glass raised in praise of Colleen Mariah Rae.
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